Shulker boxes placed over chests in 1.14.4/19w34a and 19w35a have varying results when placed facing up/down and sideways. In 1.13.2 shulker boxes place facing any direction are accessible and don't have the difficulties compared to newer versions. I assume this is either a bug or by design for whole block inventory blocks/tile entities compared to a campfire block which is accessible on top of a chest. Both single and double chests were considered and if a block was above either. After testing again (right before uploading the screenshot) I had a campfire alongside the shulker box and both chests below are inaccessible.
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-155545, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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Thanks for confirming just had to be sure. And yes I did use the search feature but I didn't come across the same results as what I put as the title (the only search result I found was to do with inventories for some other reason not shulker or trapped chests) so I then continued with writing the report. Either way, my mistake thanks for letting me know.
Not only shulker box, every full block (including double slab) will prevent the chest from opening, seems not a bug, it's an intentional game design